Institution subordinate to the Department of Culture of Moscow
Institution subordinate to the Department of Culture of Moscow

Detailed information

2 February 2025
Moscow International House of Music (Svetlanovsky Hall),
Moscow, Kosmodamianskaya Embankment, 52, bldg 8
Beginning at 19:00
Ticket reservation:
+7 (916) 866-99-99
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Soloists

  • Daria ZYKOVA, soprano
  • Alexander BOGDANOV, tenor
  • Honored Artist of Russia Andrey BATURKIN, baritone
  • Choir and Symphony Orchestra of Moscow "Russian Philharmonic"

Description

Carmina Burana

The most famous grand multimedia show of the Moscow City Symphony "Russian Philharmonic",is the legendary “Carmina Burana” with large-scale dynamic video projections of the immortal masterpieces of Botticelli, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bosch, Brueghel, which fill the entire space of the auditorium.

Artistic images greatly enhance the impression of truly “witchcraft, mystical music”, captivating listeners from the first bars.

Artistic images greatly enhance the impression of truly “witchcraft, mystical music”, captivating listeners from the first bars. The medieval manuscript that inspired Karl Orff is surprisingly in tune with today: the inconstancy of luck and wealth, the transience of life, unbridled fun and drunkenness, the beauty of spring nature, love passion - all this was, is and will be ...

Carmina Burana is a masterpiece of 20th century music and the most performed work by Karl Orff. From the first sounds, this amazing music conquers with vivid imagery, large-scale element of rhythm, a mixture of soft irony and reverent lyricism, epic scope and generosity of colors. Orff's music is the main character of the performance. Both musicians and listeners from the first bars fall under its hypnotic effect.